Purpose: The process of caregiving for patients with advanced cancer poses a multitude of emotion... more Purpose: The process of caregiving for patients with advanced cancer poses a multitude of emotional concerns for family caregivers. The aim of this study was to explore the emotional concerns of family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. Methods: A qualitative approach was conducted through face-to-face and in-depth semi-structured interviews with 11 Iranian family caregivers in advanced cancer and 1 oncologist using purposive sampling. These interviews analyzed with conventional content analysis. Lincoln and Guba’s criteria of rigor were employed to ensure the trustworthiness of the study. Results: The analysis of the data led to the formation of three main themes with 9 subthemes. The major themes emerged from family caregivers' experiences including (1) chaotic mentalities, (2) troubling interdependence, and (3) desperation emotions. Conclusion: The family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer usually find themselves in an extremely delicate psychological state...
Patient's noncompliance dietary and fluids intake can lead to a build-up of toxic fluids and ... more Patient's noncompliance dietary and fluids intake can lead to a build-up of toxic fluids and metabolic end-products in the blood stream which may result in an increased morbidity and premature death. The aim of the study is investigate relationship between the social support and adherence to dietary and fluid restrictions in hemodialysis patients. In this correlational study upon 237 hemodialysis patients, the data was collected with the dialysis diet and fluids non-adherences hemodialysis questionnaire (DDFQ), and the multidimensional scale of perceived Social Support (MSP). Interdialytic weight gain, predialytic serum potassium levels, and predialytic serum phosphate levels was considered as biochemical indicators of dietary and fluid adherence. Data were analyzed by SPSS Ver.11.5. About 41.1% of patients reported non-adherence to diet and 45.2% of them reported non-adherence to fluid. Frequency of non-adherence to fluid was more common in patients. The highest level of percei...
Abstract Committed employees are known as a fundamental and vital resource for the success perfor... more Abstract Committed employees are known as a fundamental and vital resource for the success performance of organizations. In this regard, quality of work life is being as one of the interest subject as a fundamental issues on fostering employees’ commitment. By the same token, this study aimed to investigate the level and relationship between quality of work life and organizational commitment amongst academic staff in a public research university in Klang Valley, Malaysia. This study was designed based on quantitative methods. The population of current research was consisted about 2,902 lecturers of the examined university according to the university's official website. For the purpose of data collection, 330 sets of questionnaire were distributed among the academic staffs of all faculties and a total of 315 questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. The obtained results via correlation and linear regression showed that there is a high significant relationship between quality of work life and organizational commitment. This study contributes to the existing literature and suggests some human resource development strategies on how the related ministry and universities could improve their employees’ commitment.
Background and Aims: Unclear social status in society is one of the most important profession str... more Background and Aims: Unclear social status in society is one of the most important profession stresses of nursing. Although, nurses play an important role in changing the policy-making, planning and implementation of health resources in health care system and, unfortunately, nursing status in Iran is quite unclear and there was no study on social and professional status and its relationship with occupational components in Iran. This study aimed to determine the relationship between professional and social status and some occupation components from the perspective of Birjand nurses in 2016. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study, was done on 155 Vali- Asr hospital nurses with Quota and systematic random sampling method in 2016. A standard, validated and reliable professional and social status questionnaire of nurses were employed to collect information. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 19, along with descriptive statistics and inferential analysis. Result...
Background and purpose: Stroke is one of major causes of disability and self-care. Therefore, it ... more Background and purpose: Stroke is one of major causes of disability and self-care. Therefore, it is important to introduce and develop new treatment approaches in order to improve and enhance post stroke recovery process for medical, social and economical purposes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mirror therapy on self-care of patients with stroke. Materials and methods: This study is a randomized controlled-trial conducted on 50 patients with stroke hospitalized randomly; allocated in two groups of control (25 patients) and mirror therapy (25 patients). In the experimental group, twenty 30 -minute sessions were done daily or every other day. The patients did range of motion of their healthy upper and lower extremities in front of the mirror and only observed its mirror image. In addition to mirror therapy in both groups, the routine program (physiotherapy and neuromuscular stimulation) was performed. The ability of self-care was assessed before the 5th, the 10t...
Background and Aim: One of the most important problems of patients admitted to intensive care uni... more Background and Aim: One of the most important problems of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) is their sleep quality. In these units, there are various visual and auditory discomfort factors that can negatively affect the outcome of the patient's treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of simultaneously using earplug and eye mask on the quality of sleep in hospitalized patients in the ICU. Method: This study was performed on 73 patients who had been admitted to the ICU of Ghaem Hospital and Imam Reza Hospital in 2016 in Mashhad. Patients were randomly assigned to control (n = 37) and test (n = 36) groups. The test group used an earplug and an eye mask during their night's sleep. Patients' sleep quality was assessed by using Voran-Schneider-Halper's questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS16 software. Results: Independent t-test and Mann whitney U showed that before and after the intervention stage, no significant difference wa...
Purpose: The process of caregiving for patients with advanced cancer poses a multitude of emotion... more Purpose: The process of caregiving for patients with advanced cancer poses a multitude of emotional concerns for family caregivers. The aim of this study was to explore the emotional concerns of family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. Methods: A qualitative approach was conducted through face-to-face and in-depth semi-structured interviews with 11 Iranian family caregivers in advanced cancer and 1 oncologist using purposive sampling. These interviews analyzed with conventional content analysis. Lincoln and Guba’s criteria of rigor were employed to ensure the trustworthiness of the study. Results: The analysis of the data led to the formation of three main themes with 9 subthemes. The major themes emerged from family caregivers' experiences including (1) chaotic mentalities, (2) troubling interdependence, and (3) desperation emotions. Conclusion: The family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer usually find themselves in an extremely delicate psychological state...
Patient's noncompliance dietary and fluids intake can lead to a build-up of toxic fluids and ... more Patient's noncompliance dietary and fluids intake can lead to a build-up of toxic fluids and metabolic end-products in the blood stream which may result in an increased morbidity and premature death. The aim of the study is investigate relationship between the social support and adherence to dietary and fluid restrictions in hemodialysis patients. In this correlational study upon 237 hemodialysis patients, the data was collected with the dialysis diet and fluids non-adherences hemodialysis questionnaire (DDFQ), and the multidimensional scale of perceived Social Support (MSP). Interdialytic weight gain, predialytic serum potassium levels, and predialytic serum phosphate levels was considered as biochemical indicators of dietary and fluid adherence. Data were analyzed by SPSS Ver.11.5. About 41.1% of patients reported non-adherence to diet and 45.2% of them reported non-adherence to fluid. Frequency of non-adherence to fluid was more common in patients. The highest level of percei...
Abstract Committed employees are known as a fundamental and vital resource for the success perfor... more Abstract Committed employees are known as a fundamental and vital resource for the success performance of organizations. In this regard, quality of work life is being as one of the interest subject as a fundamental issues on fostering employees’ commitment. By the same token, this study aimed to investigate the level and relationship between quality of work life and organizational commitment amongst academic staff in a public research university in Klang Valley, Malaysia. This study was designed based on quantitative methods. The population of current research was consisted about 2,902 lecturers of the examined university according to the university's official website. For the purpose of data collection, 330 sets of questionnaire were distributed among the academic staffs of all faculties and a total of 315 questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. The obtained results via correlation and linear regression showed that there is a high significant relationship between quality of work life and organizational commitment. This study contributes to the existing literature and suggests some human resource development strategies on how the related ministry and universities could improve their employees’ commitment.
Background and Aims: Unclear social status in society is one of the most important profession str... more Background and Aims: Unclear social status in society is one of the most important profession stresses of nursing. Although, nurses play an important role in changing the policy-making, planning and implementation of health resources in health care system and, unfortunately, nursing status in Iran is quite unclear and there was no study on social and professional status and its relationship with occupational components in Iran. This study aimed to determine the relationship between professional and social status and some occupation components from the perspective of Birjand nurses in 2016. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study, was done on 155 Vali- Asr hospital nurses with Quota and systematic random sampling method in 2016. A standard, validated and reliable professional and social status questionnaire of nurses were employed to collect information. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 19, along with descriptive statistics and inferential analysis. Result...
Background and purpose: Stroke is one of major causes of disability and self-care. Therefore, it ... more Background and purpose: Stroke is one of major causes of disability and self-care. Therefore, it is important to introduce and develop new treatment approaches in order to improve and enhance post stroke recovery process for medical, social and economical purposes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mirror therapy on self-care of patients with stroke. Materials and methods: This study is a randomized controlled-trial conducted on 50 patients with stroke hospitalized randomly; allocated in two groups of control (25 patients) and mirror therapy (25 patients). In the experimental group, twenty 30 -minute sessions were done daily or every other day. The patients did range of motion of their healthy upper and lower extremities in front of the mirror and only observed its mirror image. In addition to mirror therapy in both groups, the routine program (physiotherapy and neuromuscular stimulation) was performed. The ability of self-care was assessed before the 5th, the 10t...
Background and Aim: One of the most important problems of patients admitted to intensive care uni... more Background and Aim: One of the most important problems of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) is their sleep quality. In these units, there are various visual and auditory discomfort factors that can negatively affect the outcome of the patient's treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of simultaneously using earplug and eye mask on the quality of sleep in hospitalized patients in the ICU. Method: This study was performed on 73 patients who had been admitted to the ICU of Ghaem Hospital and Imam Reza Hospital in 2016 in Mashhad. Patients were randomly assigned to control (n = 37) and test (n = 36) groups. The test group used an earplug and an eye mask during their night's sleep. Patients' sleep quality was assessed by using Voran-Schneider-Halper's questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS16 software. Results: Independent t-test and Mann whitney U showed that before and after the intervention stage, no significant difference wa...
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